Brazil: Baby Duda: a year in the life of a Zika baby: 06-20160109zikamosquito0965

JANUARY 9, 2016-- Mirian Pereira, 40, quit her domestic housekeeping job ,where she cleaned homes of Recife’s well-to-do families, to be a full-time mom to Duda. As a single parent, there was no way she could return to work in between Duda’s therapies and medical needs. Mirian receives government Zika assistance $927 Reais / month for Duda. A state judge also donates through an NGO after seeing their story in the local news. That money goes coveres Duda’s seizure medication Her son, Fernando Torres, 19, works at an auto shop full-time to provide for the family.

JANUARY 9, 2016-- Mirian Pereira, 40, quit her domestic housekeeping job ,where she cleaned homes of Recife’s well-to-do families, to be a full-time mom to Duda. As a single parent, there was no way she could return to work in between Duda’s therapies and medical needs. Mirian receives government Zika assistance $927 Reais / month for Duda. A state judge also donates through an NGO after seeing their story in the local news. That money goes coveres Duda’s seizure medication Her son, Fernando Torres, 19, works at an auto shop full-time to provide for the family.